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Marklbetya 06:57 pm UTC 04/14/16 |
| In reply to: | re: Broadway Fans? - rockfenris2005 06:54 am UTC 04/14/16 |
| I agree completely about Sound of Music. There are some good songs, but it never really clicked for me the way other R&H stuff did. They were amazing though, in that they were able to do so many different styles completely through a show. Flower Drum Song; Oklahoma; King and I. Oddly, I could never stand ALW. Occasionally he'll pen a tune I like, but by and large, not my style at all. > > I got interested in musical theatre THROUGH Jim Steinman > because I got "The Very Best of Meat Loaf" as a Christmas > present when I was 12 years old. And when I was looking > through the lyrics, it said "Home by now/No matter what" > Andrew Lloyd Webber/Jim Steinman. Knew that name! I even > recognized him from the news once but I don't know what > they were talking to him about. And that was the > beginning. > > Then when I first used the internet, "naturally" I typed > Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman, and came to this site, "Dream > Pollution", where I found out about "Whistle down the > wind", which was actually where those songs were from, and > all the rest. The rest is history, so they say. > > I got interested in Andrew Lloyd Webber in a big way. I > heard the original double album "Jesus Christ Superstar" > on the original vinyl, with the big star on the front > cover, and Ian Gillan as Jesus, and wow. It was all such a > revelation. But I'd seen "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" > right around that time as well because of the Meat Loaf > connection and I wanted to check it out, and just always > remember thinking. Wow this movie is odd! > > And I love "Fiddler on the Roof". I had never actually > really known what the full thing was like until I watched > the movie a few years ago now (Norman Jewison again I > think, who did "Jesus Christ Superstar" the film, another > one I love, with the great Ted Neeley, who of course sang > "Come in the night" with Meat Loaf and the Neverland > Express later on) and just thought wow. "Sunrise, sunset", > "Anatevka" stick with me most in my mind now. > > Rodgers and Hammerstein of course are brilliant and all. I > just feel a bit "disappointed" with "The Sound of Music" > compared to the other ones because it lacks something. I > think the critics at the time actually talked about this > maybe. But I just got things from "Carousel", "South > Pacific", "The King and I", even "Oklahoma!" that I didn't > get from "The Sound of Music", and I think "If I loved > you" is one of the most beautiful love songs ever written > in the history of the world. Meat said at his "Last at > Bat" concert that he'd searched for a love song that was > better than "For crying out loud", and while I can see > what he's getting at, I think this one's definitely up > there. Even just the melody would rip my heart out. And > "You'll never walk alone" is now linked so vividly in my > mind with the ending of "Heavenly Creatures" the Peter > Jackson movie based on the Parker Hulme murder in New > Zealand in 1954. (I still think, FWIW, Jim could have done > a cool adaptation of Peter's other movie from the 90s "The > frighteners" with Michael J. Fox.) > > THEN we - my friend and I - got our rock musical produced > a couple years ago, which was one of the most amazing > experiences of my life. > > > We all know Jim is theatrical and has had some success > > (and some disappointments) on the Broadway stage. And I > > also see some references to Broadway shows peppered > > throughout this board, which got me wondering. > > > > How many of us are fans of Broadway, and of those who are, > > what are you favorite shows? More modern stuff, or > > classics? I lean heavily toward the classics. > > > > Personally, I think My Fair Lady is the best and most > > complete show ever, with no song not clever, appropriate > > and/or memorable. > > > > Others on my list: Wicked (only modern show on my list), > > Fiddler on the Roof, Guys and Dolls, Oklahoma (as R&H must > > be represented), and my guilty pleasure, Damn Yankees. | |
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